gamedev Iiro

Custom damage event One thing I wanted to do for a while was to create a custom event for applying damage to actors. This allows passing more detailed information about the damage than Unreal's default Apply Damage event. The custom event passes a structure of variables. One key variable is the type of incoming damage, which is based on an enumeration that contains all the damage types. Damage info structure is created and sent to the actor receiving the damage. The actor receiving the damage parses through the structure and for example, uses the information to determine what type of defensive stat should be used to reduce the damage. The defensive stat is selected and whether the attack can be avoided is based on the received damage info. The damage info is passed via an interface for combat actors, so any actor not participating in combat can't receive damage. Player respawn Previously, when the player character died it would simply get restarted at a designated location, but...